Hypertext Webster Gateway: "octavalent"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Octavalent \Oc*tav"a*lent\, a. [Octa- + L. valens, p. pr. See
{Valence}.] (Chem.)
Having a valence of eight; capable of being combined with,
exchanged for, or compared with, eight atoms of hydrogen; --
said of certain atoms or radicals.
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